WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Development continues on the next generation bomber, the B-21, and the deployment will have an impact on South Dakota. Senator Mike Rounds says much of the information around the bomber is classified. Rounds says the Air Force may expand the planned number of bombers. Rounds says the Air Force will be… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The joint Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota legislature held three days of hearings in Pierre last week. Committee member, Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says they decided to get a jump on the budget process. Hunhoff says they heard from the largest state departments. Hunhoff says the committee then appointed… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Department of Transportation has been totaling up the damages to state roads from several rounds of flooding this year. Department Secretary Darin Bergquist says there are lots of needed repairs. Bergquist says counties also have significant damages. Bergquist says the flooding and wet ground this year will lead… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – R-CALF USA is holding a pair of informational meetings this week on the state of the cattle industry. Meetings are scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17 at the Old Polo High School Gym (a free-will donation meal precedes that meeting at 6:30), and for 7 p.m. Wednesday,Dec. 18 at the… Read more »

HURON, S.D. (KWAT) — Auto racing returns to Dakota State Fair Speedway in Huron next year. Assistant State Fair Manager Candi Briley says they’ve locked down three race dates. Briley says the third race date will feature the top sprint car racing series in the world. For more information on these races,  go to wheeljam.com… Read more »

FORT PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – After being canceled this year (2019), horse racing will probably be back in South Dakota next year. Fort Pierre race track manager Shane Kramme (cray-me) says the South Dakota Commission on Gaming has approved the Verendrye Benovolent Association’s request to hold horse races Oct. 3 and 4, 2020. But,… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The 2019 Fall/Winter open gym season has concluded.  The Winter/Spring season will begin January 16. There will be a special Holiday Open Gym, open to all participants, at the Washington Street Gym, 401 N. Washington Street on the following dates:   Saturday, December 14            1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Monday, December… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – On behalf of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships, Governor Kristi Noem today encouraged “up-and-coming South Dakota leaders” to apply to the White House Fellows Program. “People are the pillars of progress, and South Dakota is home to the best and brightest,” said Noem. “The White House Fellowship program… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Press Release) – Workers who lost their jobs, and self-employed individuals and farmworkers who have been unable to work due to the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred Sept. 9-26, 2019 may be eligible for disaster unemployment assistance. Funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in coordination with the U.S. Department… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – On Saturday, Dec. 14, 83 students will graduate from Northern State University at its 2019 winter commencement. The ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. in the NSU Johnson Fine Arts Center. Delivering the commencement address will be NSU Associate Professor of English Dr. Lysbeth Benkert-Ramsussen. Student speaker will be NSU Student… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D. (KBHB) – A federal judge has issued an order this week against the trademarking of the name “Sturgis” and how it applies to the annual motorcycle rally. Judge Jeffrey Viken has ruled the Sturgis mark is invalid. The court ruling is consistent with an 8th Circuit Court ruling earlier this year. The court… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Senator John Thune, chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, spoke on the Senate floor about the TRACED Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Democratic Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts to combat the illegal robocall epidemic. Thune says everyone has had to deal with the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – An agreement was reached this week on the USMCA trade deal between the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The ratification process could start with a vote in the U.S. House as soon as next week. It could be early next year before it could come up for a vote in the Senate.… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Small Business Administration is staying active across the state. Representatives have been sent out following the latest federal disaster declaration. SBA spokesperson Cynthia Cowell says they are making some changes to their office locations. Cowell says they are also opening locations in a number of other counties. Cowell says people… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Board of Regents will again ask the 2020 legislature to authorize and help fund a needs-based scholarship called “Dakota’s Promise.” The proposal failed in this year’s session. Regents Executive Director Paul Beran, in front of the Appropriations Committee this week, says the needs based scholarship would help those… Read more »